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March 2026 Hackathon Recap
Introduction We kicked off another Big Nerd Hackathon with a simple challenge: build a fully functional app in under an hour using AI. Madi opened with a warm welcome as designers, product managers,…
Building My First AI Agent: What I Learned About Judgment, Rubrics, and Real Decision Systems
Most AI tools generate answers. AI agents evaluate outcomes. This project started as a simple experiment: if we are running AI hackathons, why not let AI help evaluate the demos? But the experiment…
Why Popular AI Tools Aren’t Always Safe
Editor’s Update Feb 23, 2026: Less than a week after this article was originally published, another high-profile incident occurred involving the same tool, Clawdbot. A senior AI leader at Meta publicly described a…
Scaling Narrow Intent: Replicating Meaning Instead of Adding Features
“We don’t remember software for its features. We remember how it made us feel when we needed it to work. The best products don’t just look simple. They make people feel calm, capable,…
Narrow Intent: A Field Study in Building Something Small That Matters
“I built this app for myself, but it turns out it was never just for me. It was for anyone who needed a familiar voice to say something kind at the right moment.…
Meta Quest 3: Early Signals
This isn’t a spec review or a first-impressions take. It’s a lived-in account of what it’s like to bring something new into your home, use it in real conditions, and notice the small…
The Great AI Race: From Silicon to Singularity
We are living through a rare moment where the foundations of technology are being rebuilt in real time. Artificial intelligence did not arrive all at once. It is emerging through a series of…
The Modern Product Discovery Playbook
How Leading Product Teams Reduce Risk, Validate Ideas Faster, and Build Real Business Value For years, product teams have been told the same thing. Be Agile. Be Lean. Move fast. In theory, these…
The AI-Powered Product Triad: Why Specialization Isn’t Enough Anymore
For decades, the working world rewarded specialists. Designers designed. Developers coded. Product managers wrote requirements. Clear lanes. Clear skills. Clear boundaries. That world is disappearing. Today, teams are leaner, expectations are higher, and…
AI-Powered User Testing: Get Real Feedback in Less Than an Hour
In the race to launch, every founder feels the pressure. Your runway is finite, your roadmap is packed, and the need for speed is everything. It’s easy to see user testing as a…
Rapid Prototyping in Action: How to Go From Concept to Clickable in 5 Days
Let’s be honest: most product teams move way too slowly. Meetings drag on, concepts sit in Google Docs until they’re fossilized, and by the time something finally ships, the market’s already shifted. That’s…
AI in Product Design
You know that feeling when you finally get a product idea out of your head and onto a whiteboard… and then realize you’ve still got months of design, testing, and dev ahead of…